Press Herald/Telegram video editor wins Emmy

Amelia Kunhardt, video editor for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, won a Boston/New England Emmy Award on Saturday night for a documentary she produced on the shooting of an 18-year-old by a Maine state trooper in West Paris last June.

Kunhardt won the award for “Three Shots on Roy Road” in the category Societal Concerns.

The award was presented at the organization’s annual ceremony in Boston.

The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram was nominated for five of the regional Emmy awards this year.

The Maine Public Broadcasting Network also took home an Emmy for “The Commodore” in the category for Outstanding Interstitial (short video).

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